Marc Bastow

Marc Bastow

InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Marc Bastow is Assistant Editor at InvestorPlace.com. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut and a Masters in Finance from American University. Bastow worked in corporate banking and finance, and he most recently was Senior Editor at MocoSportsFan.com.

Recent Articles

Markets Grapple With GM, Greece — Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Worries over Greece and possible European contagion continued to worry the markets, and retailers had a mixed day of earnings.

JPMorgan and Banks’ Blue Day: Monday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

The continuing saga of JPMorgan's $2 billion loss took down the banking sector on Monday and with it the Dow, as stocks stumbled all day in trading.

Pity Poor Pitney and Bowes — a 10% Dividend But Zero Hope

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Pitney Bowes reported a drop in earnings and slowing revenues, and the company will have a hard time coming up with a plan to increase either metric. Sell time?

Markets Catch a Break — Thursday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

The Dow and S&P 500 caught their breath Thursday, though earnings-battered Cisco managed to take down several tech stocks with it.

Spain’s Still a Pain — Wednesday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Concerns over Spanish bond yields, as well as continued worries about Greece, kept the broader markets at bay, though AOL and DIS gained on earnings news.

Stodgy Ol’ Wal-Mart Well Ahead of the Curve

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

While Wal-Mart evokes thoughts of dominating backwater towns, the big-box store is an innovator in its own right, often ahead of the curve on trends.

Markets Slip, Slide on Greece — Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Continued worries over Europe and slow earnings kept the markets lower Tuesday, though the indices picked themselves up a bit in the afternoon.

Buy-and-Hold’s New-Age Fab Five

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

When you think buy-and-hold, you think of ho-hum names like Clorox or 3M. But these five stocks are the future, with staying power and dividend growth potential.

European Winds Shift to Calm — Monday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

The markets rallied by the end of Monday trading after initial negative reactions to European election results.

Jobs Jar the Markets — Friday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

A Labor Department jobs report showed slower job creation than was hoped, sending the market into a tailspin for the entire trading session.

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